Plants Profile for Corallorhiza mertensiana (Pacific coralroot)

General Information
Symbol:	COME17
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Orchidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, OR, Jackson Co. Mount Ashland vicinity. July 8, 2006. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Rainier. Usage Requirements.

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Road 82. August 10, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, AK, S.E. region, Baranof Island, S.W. side. Usage Requirements.

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Lewis Co., Mount Rainier National Park, East Side Trail. June 24, 2005. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
COMAM6	Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. ssp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
COMAM4	Corallorrhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. ssp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor, orth. var.
COME4	Corallorrhiza mertensiana Bong., orth. var.	Pacific coralroot

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Corallorhiza Gagnebin, orth. cons. – coralroot
Species	Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong. – Pacific coralroot

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

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